Improvement in lamp-chimneys



E. TO LMAN, J'r.

LAMP-CHIMNEY.

Patented May 30,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH TOLMAN, .13., OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENTIN LAMP-CHIMNEYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,089, dated May 30,1876; application filed April 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIJAH TOLMAN, Jr., of

' Taunton, Bristol county, Massachusetts, have invented a new andImproved Lamp-Chimney, of which the following is a specification:

The invention is an improvement in the class of lamp-chimneys which areprovided with a hole for insertion of a match or taper for lighting thelamp. The improvement relates to the'means or mode of attaching thecover of the hole to the chimney, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lamp-chimney having an opening forlighting it contrived according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a section online a: m.

A is the chimney; B, the hole for the match;

G, the eyelet for attaching the cover The eyelet 0 is fitted in thehole, and from it extends an arm or shank, E, downward to form a supportfor the cover, the shank or stem G of which is pivoted to it at F. Thisarm E 1 and the stem G are set so as'to' spring the cover into the holea little, and the cover is made convex on the side pressing against theeyelet G, to adapt it to close the hole tight.

What I claim is- The combination, with the chimney, of the eyelet (J,provided with arm E, and the cover having shank G, by which it ispivoted to said arm, as shown and described.

ELIJ AH TOLMAN, J R. Witnesses:

THEo. P. HALL, ALEX. BURNS.

